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Communication Arts |
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Prefix and Number |
Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| COMM 1100/1100S | Introduction to Human Communication | Surveys the historical roots of communication, discusses the encoding and decoding of messages, and introduces the contexts of communication. | ENGL 1101 |
| COMM 1110/1110H/1110S | Principles of Public Speaking | The critical study and practice of public speaking emphasizing the art of rhetoric from a humanistic perspective. Areas of study include research and preparation, ethics, audience analysis, and presentation of speeches. | ENGL 1101 |
| COMM 2332/2332S | Introduction to Mass Communication | Introduction to print and electronic mass communications and media-related professions. Surveys the media's historical development in the United States with particular focus on structure, social roles, and related theories. Also considers change factors that can affect the future of media. | ENGL 1101 |
| COMM 3030/3030S | Selected Topics In Communication Arts |
Offers varied courses in specialized areas of the field of Communication Arts. | Permission of instructor. |
| COMM 3331/3331S | Media Criticism | Familiarizes students with dominant paradigms currently used in media studies. Particular emphasis will be given to theories addressing the social context of the media and criticism as a rhetorical act. | |
| COMM/WRIT/AMST 3433 | Comic Book Writing in American Culture |
Investigates multiple dimensions of and models for comic book writing as it traces the medium's history, development of new genres, and narrative conventions since its origins in the 1930s. Teaches the comic book's use of iconography, cultural tropes, and cognitive closure in the construction of sequential narratives. | A minimum grade of C in ENGL 1101 and ENGL 1102 |
| COMM/WGST 4331 | Gender, Media, and Representation | Examines the implicit gender messages that are communicated through mass media. Focuses on the representation of gender in the media and how media both reflects and creates cultural values and ideals pertaining to gender. | |
| COMM 4332/4332S | Contemporary Communication Application | Offers analysis of a selected contemporary topic in communication. Includes discussion of appropriate communication models and their analytical application to the selected topic. May be repeated a maximum of two times for credit. | Permission of instructor. |
| COMM 4333/4333S | Theories of Mass Communication | Examines the development of mass media systems and the resulting theoretical perspectives. Encourages theory application as a means of understanding and explaining what happens to us individually and as members of a society as mass communication became possible and now that media systems are being adapted. | COMM 2332 |
| COMM 4334 | Advanced Law and Ethics | Provides an evaluation of contemporary media regulations/law and ethical issues by way of case analysis along with the study of the evolution of media regulation for understanding of past, present, and future media performance. | JOUR 3337 |
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Communication Studies |
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Prefix and Number |
Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| COMS 1711 | Speech Practicum | Practical experience in speaking and performance events. A maximum of three credit hours may be applied toward the degree. | |
| COMS 2330 | Introduction to Communication Research |
Introduces students to the professional literature in communication and examines the major paradigms used in communication research. The students will gain practical experience using formal research styles. | |
| COMS 2711 | Speech Practicum | Practical experience in speaking and performance events. A maximum of three credits hours may be applied toward the degree. | |
| COMS 3030 | Selected Topics in Speech Communication |
Offers varied courses in specialized areas of the field of speech communication. | Permission of instructor. |
| COMS 3330 | Health Communication | Applies various communication theories to the health care community. The impact of health communication in different contextual levels, i.e., interpersonal, group, organizational, mass and cultural will be examined. | |
| COMS 3331 | Argumentation | Examines the function and structure of argumentation by focusing on the critical analysis of argument around important issues in public policy, science, law, religion and politics. | |
| COMS 3332 | Small Group Communication | This course examines the increasing importance of communication in small group situations. Communication in group roles, relationships, leadership, conflict, group discussion and reflective decision making, will be highlighted. | COMM 1100 or COMM 1110 |
| COMS/WGST 3333 | Communication and Gender | Introduces students to the literature of gender and communication. Considers how men's and women's self-perceptions and resulting communication patterns evolve as a function of cultural influences. | |
| COMS 3334 | Communicating in the Workplace | Considers the theoretical and practical challenges existing in a variety of workplace communication scenarios ranging from interviews and group interaction and structure through oral presentations supplemented by a variety of modern media. | |
| COMS 3335 | Interpersonal Communication | Considers current interpersonal research emphasizing practical analysis for how we communicate and form interpersonal relationships. | COMM 1100 |
| COMS 3336 | Introduction to Performance Studies |
Examines the performance process in relation to the cultural values communicated in social and artistic forms. An introduction to folklore, storytelling, and solo performance. | |
| COMS 3337 | Persuasion | Considers the ethics, philosophies, theories, and techniques of persuasion from the points of view of both senders and receivers of persuasive messages. | COMM 1110 |
| COMS 3338 | Rhetorical Criticism | Introduces students to the major perspectives and approaches used in the practice of rhetorical criticism through the analysis of various rhetorical forms, including public speeches, drama and entertainment, tradition and ideology. | |
| COMS 3339 | Intercultural Communications | This course will focus on the different contexts in which culture influences the communication process. Aspects of communication such as language, nonverbal communication, interpersonal relationships, and organizations will be examined across different cultures. Students will strive to understand the impact of culture on perception, social identity, values, and structures of power. Intercultural, cross-cultural, and multicultural contexts for communication will be discussed. | COMM 1100 or COMM 1110 |
| COMS 3711 | Speech Practicum | Practical experience in speaking and performance events. A maximum of three credits hours may be applied toward the degree. | |
| COMS/INTS 4330 | Rhetoric of International Relations | Examines the discourse of international relations from a rhetorical perspective. Emphasizes the analysis and criticism of persuasive messages used in international relations from Aristotelian, Neo-Aristotelian, dramatic and narrative rhetorical theoretical bases. | Junior or Senior standing, or permission of instructors. |
| COMS 4331 | Communication and Conflict | Introduces students to the theory and practice of conflict management in personal and professional relationships. | |
| COMS 4332 | Political Communication | Emphasizes the role and function of communication in the political setting. Examines theories of political communication and their application to political campaigns, debates, and speech writing. | |
| COMS 4333 | General Semantics | Studies the relationship between symbols and meaning in the tradition established by Alfred Korzybski. Focuses on signs and symbols and their implications on nonverbal and oral communication. | |
| COMS 4334 | Communication Theory | Introduces students to major approaches in the development of communication theory with emphasis on various communication contexts, e.g., interpersonal, group, organization, mass media, intercultural. | |
| COMS 4336 | Advanced Performance Studies | Presents performance techniques relevant to the scripting and staging of presentational ensemble and solo performance. Emphasizes performance as a language act. | |
| COMS/AAST/AMST 4337 | Rhetoric of Social Movements | Introduces students to the rhetorical significance of selected social movements including labor reform, civil rights, and environment protection, emphasizing the analysis of persuasive social movement discourse. | |
| COMS 4338 | Organizational Communication | Explains the role and effects of communication in everyday organizational life. Includes interpersonal communication in the workplace, leadership, organizational communication and climate, motivation and flow of information in organizations. | |
| COMS 4339 | Philosophy of Communication | Introduces students to the contributions of philosophical debate from logical positivism through hermeneutics to the discipline of human communication studies. | |
| COMS 4711 | Speech Practicum | Practical experience in speaking and performance events. A maximum of three credits hours may be applied toward the degree. | |
| COMS 4791 | Speech Internship | Provides practical experience in a professional setting appropriate for a student trained in speech communication. Will be under the supervision of a skilled practitioner in the particular area of communication. May be taken only by Speech Communication majors. A maximum of six hours may be applied to the major. | COMM 1110 and at least 20 semester credits in upper division COMS classes and a minimum 2.5 total institution GPA. |
| COMS 4831 | Directed Study in Speech | Offers students opportunities to design and conduct directed research and/or projects in specialized speech communication areas. Must be approved in advance by instructor and department chair. This course may not be used to replace an existing course in the catalog. | Permission of instructor and department head. |
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Journalism |
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Prefix and Number |
Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| JOUR 2331 | Introduction to Journalism | An introductory study of the role of journalism, with fundamental instruction and practice in writing for the mass media. | ENGL 1101 |
| JOUR 3030 | Selected Topics in Journalism | Offers various courses in speciality areas of journalism. | Permission of instructor. |
| JOUR 3331 | News Reporting and Writing | Provides theory, instruction, and practice in a variety of news gathering and writing forms and independent assignments. | JOUR 2331 |
| JOUR 3332 | Feature Writing | Surveys the gathering and writing of various forms of feature stories and in-depth news stories for newspapers and magazines, emphasizing research, investigation, and interview techniques. | |
| JOUR 3333 | Photojournalism | Offers theory, instruction, and practice in the process of conducting photo assignments for the print media, with special emphasis on gathering and editing pictorial material for newspapers and magazines. | JOUR 2331 or permission of instructor. |
| JOUR/MMC 3334 | Broadcast News | Provides students with techniques and experiences in facets of gathering and presentation of news and interviews for radio and television newscast presentation. | JOUR 2331 |
| JOUR 3335 | Copy Editing | Provides instruction and practice in the fundamentals of news editing, including copy editing, grammar, journalistic style, headline writing, photo editing, and basic typography, with emphasis on editing the weekly and daily newspaper. | JOUR 2331 |
| JOUR 3336/3336S | International Media Systems | Studies, comparatively, mass media systems around the world. Analyzes media systems in terms of relevant political, social, economic, and cultural factors. Diversity and change in global communication is a main theme, and the influence of rapidly advancing technology is analyzed for its dynamic impact around the world, especially in developing nations. | |
| JOUR/MMC 3337 | Law and Ethics of Mass Communication |
Surveys freedom of speech and press and its limitations by laws governing libel, privacy, copyright, contempt, free press, broadcast regulation, fair trial, and reporter's shield. Broadcast industry self-regulation and ethical concerns of mass communications will be discussed. | COMM 2332 |
| JOUR/MMC 3530 | Media Ethics | The study of moral and professional conduct within various mass communication contexts. Provides students with the ability to recognize and confront potential ethical issues as journalists and media consumers. | A minimum grade of "C" in COMM 2332; and JOUR 2331 or MMC 3332 |
| JOUR 3711/3711S | Journalism Practicum | Provides limited overview and supervised practical experience in print journalism through the Office of Student Publications. A maximum of three hours will be applied towards the journalism major. | ENGL 1101 and permission of instructor |
| JOUR/AMST 4331 | History of American Journalism | Surveys the history of journalism in America, with emphasis upon its correlation with political, social, and economic trends. | |
| JOUR/AMST 4332/4332S | Contemporary American Newspapers |
Surveys the American newspaper industry, emphasizing a study of the more important daily newspapers and trends in the business. | |
| JOUR 4333 | Opinion Journalism | Analyzes the principles and roles of the various forms of opinion in journalism, including editorials, columns, and cartoons; and offers practice in the research and writing of opinion. | JOUR 2331 or permission of instructor |
| JOUR 4334/4332S | Magazine Writing and Editing | Provides instruction in magazine journalism, from editing to production techniques, circulation, art, advertising and audience analysis. | |
| JOUR 4335 | Creative and Investigative Journalism | Serves as a capstone reporting course in providing instruction and practice in public affairs journalism, with emphasis on beat reporting, social science reporting, and investigative reporting. | JOUR 3331 |
| JOUR 4336 | Online Journalism | In this course, students will examine the emerging forms of news delivery over the World Wide Web. They will practice real time reporting and writing on the Internet by utilizing basic multimedia elements such as texts, graphics, sound and animation. This is not a traditional journalism course offered online, but a course which teaches students to publish news on an Internet-based news outlet. | Minimum grade of "C" in JOUR 3331 |
| JOUR 4711 | Journalism Practicum | Serves as a capstone course focusing on the development of a series of journalistic pieces on a single topic for presentation to the mass audience. Attention is given to journalistic research as well as various journalism writing and reporting formats. | |
| JOUR 4791 | Journalism Internship | Provides journalism majors with supervised practical experience on a full-time basis at an approvided media site. Students must have permission of instructor | JOUR 3332, JOUR 3335, JOUR 4335 and permission of instructor |
| JOUR 4831 | Directed Study in Journalism | Permits students to conduct in-depth studies of issues associated with journalism but may not replace an existing course in the catalog. | Permission of instructor and department chair. |
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Multi-Media Communication |
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Prefix and Number |
Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| MMC/POLS 3233 | Politics and the Media | A comprehensive overview of the institutions and processes of the mass media in American politics. Emphasis is given to the history and role of the mass media in the United States and to the use of the media in covering news events as well as in political campaigns. | POLS 1101 and a minimum grade of "C" in COMM 2332 or permission of instructor |
| MMC 3331 | Audio Production | Introduces fundamentals of audio production and equipment, production principles and techniques, station operations, radio history, and FCC regulations. Focus and emphasis is on production of laboratory projects and programs with student activity in various studio tasks involved with broadcast radio production. | Minimum grade of "C" in COMM 2332 |
| MMC 3332/3332S | Video Production | Introduces basic television equipment and elements of studio operation. Analyzes the techniques, equipment, materials, aesthetics, and problems of video and lighting. Students will participate in various studio roles while producing several laboratory programs | Minimum grade of "C" in COMM 2332 |
| MMC 3333/3333S | Telecommunications | Studies the operations of the various forms of media as they relate to the burgeoning information-based economy. Offers theoretical and practical knowledge toward understanding and forecasting the roles of new and evolving media technologies as well as comprehending the societal, public policy, and economic impact of information technologies | COMM 2332 |
| MMC/JOUR 3334 | Broadcast News | Provides students with techniques and experiences in facets of gathering and presentation of news and interviews for radio and television newscast presentation | JOUR 2331 |
| MMC 3335 | Writing for Electronic Media | Provides the principles and techniques necessary for adapting the principles of copy writing to the electronic media, specifically radio and television. | COMM 2332 |
| MMC/INTS 3336/3336S | International Media Systems | Studies, comparatively, the mass media systems around the world. Analyzes media systems in terms of relevant political, social, economic, and cultural factors. Diversity and change in global communication is a main theme, and the influence of rapidly advancing technology is analyzed for its dynamic impact around the world, especially in developing nations. | Permission of instructor. |
| MMC/JOUR 3337 | Law and Ethics | Surveys freedom of speech and the press and its limitations by laws governing libel, privacy, copyright, contempt, free press, broadcast regulation, fair trial, and reporter's shield. Broadcast industry self-regulation and ethical concerns of mass communications will be discussed. | COMM 2332 |
| MMC 3338 | Electronic Media Sales | Studies the selling of commercial advertising in electronic media. Examines analytical and creative aspects of spots and sponsorship. Students gain working knowledge of the skills for success in commercial objectives for electronic media. Course develops audience research techniques and audience oriented media-marketing principles. | MKTG 3132, COMM 2332 and MMC 3333 |
| MMC/FILM 3434 | Introduction to Digital Filmmaking | This course introduces students to the aesthetics and production of narrative short film using digital cameras. Composition, shooting, lighting, sound recording, and non-linear editing will be covered. Students will make three short films in the course. | A minimum grade of "C" in FILM 2331, ENGL 2434 or MMC 3332 |
| MMC/JOUR 3530 | Media Ethics | The study of moral and professional conduct within various mass communication contexts. Provides students with the ability to recognize and confront potential ethical issues as journalists and media consumers. | A minimum grade of "C" in COMM 2332; and JOUR 2331 or MMC 3332 |
| MMC 4030 | Selected Topics In Broadcasting | Offers varied courses in specialized areas of the field of broadcasting study. | MMC 3333 and permission of instructor |
| MMC 4090 | Broadcast Applications | Practicum course providing experience in audio or video production of broadcast news or corporate news or corporate programming. Course requires three hours of approved practicum activity per week per semester hour of credit. With instructor approval, student may register for one to three hours of credit per semester, and may repeat the course up to a maximum of 12 hours. Only six hours may be counted toward broadcast majors (1-12). | Permission of instructor |
| MMC 4331 | Advanced Audio Production | Designed to increase audio production techniques including, but not limited to, enhancement of audio with signal processing techniques, multi-voice production, and digital audio editing procedures. Students produce audio projects such as complex commercials and simulated live programming in the style of professional radio broadcasters. | MMC 3331 |
| MMC 4332 | Advanced Video Production | Offers understanding in video editing techniques, field production techniques, and greater understanding of video aesthetics and producing/directing of a variety of video aesthetics and a variety of video programs on location. | MMC 3331 and MMC 3332 |
| MMC 4333 | Electronic Media Management | Studies the organization and operation of broadcast station policies and procedures. Examines telecommunications management theory and practice, key media administrator roles, media industry processes and departments, and media manager skills in finances, personnel, programming, promotion/marketing, and audience research. | MMC 3333 and COMM 2332 |
| MMC 4337 | Digital Video Editing | Teaches the fundamentals of non-linear digital video editing via computer-based system | MMC 3332 |
| MMC 4791 | Broadcast Internship | Optional internship open only to broadcast majors who have earned 2.75 total institution GPA and have completed all other major requirements. Faculty place student applicants in approved electronic media facility. Requires 400 clock hours of approved and supervised site activity during semester. May be taken in conjunction with MMC 4792, with instructor approval. A maximum of six hours of internship credit may be applied toward the Broadcasting major. | 2.75 total institution GPA and instructor permission. |
| MMC 4792 | Broadcast Internship | Optional internship course open only to broadcast majors who have earned 2.75 total institution GPA and have completed all other Broadcast major requirements. Faculty place student applicants in approved electronic media facility. Students will work 30 hours per week over 15 weeks or 40 hours per week over ten weeks-to equal a total of 400 clock hours during a semester. A maximum of six hours of internship credit may be applied toward the Broadcasting major. | 2.75 total institution GPA or instructor permission. |
| MMC 4891 | Directed Study in Broadcasting | Permits students to conduct in-depth study of issues associated with broadcasting. Students may enroll for one, two or three hours of credit, and may take the course more than one, but not for a credit hour total that exceeds three hours. Course designs must be approved by the instructor and the department chair. This course cannot be used to replace existing MMC major courses. | MMC major and instructor permission. |
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Public Relations |
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Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| PRCA 2330 | Introduction to Public Relations | Introduces the history, theories, and principles of public relations, and the role and practice of public relations in various organizational contexts. | COMM 2332 |
| PRCA 3030/3030S | Selected Topics in Public Relations | Offers varied courses in specialized areas of the field of Public Relations. | PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 3330 | Public Relations Writing | Examines writing techniques employed in media management programs including the strategic design and development of messages for mass and personal media, message dissemination, and evaluation of results. | JOUR 2331 and PRCA 2330 |
| PRCA 3331 | Corporate Public Relations | Examines the role of public relations within a corporation and its responsibilities in developing and maintaining external and internal relations. | PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 3332 | Public Relations Event Management |
Provides students with the opportunity to learn and implement planning techniques and strategies unique to events. Special emphasis will be placed on non-profit creation of an event to meet organizational goals. | PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA/INTS 3333/3333S | International Public Relations | Introduces the performance of public relations in international contexts. Consideration will be given to the political, economic, social, and historical contexts affecting public relations practices. Special emphasis will be placed on the interaction between government and public relations. | PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 3339/3339S | Public Relations Publications | Provides students the opportunity to learn about and create specialized organizational publications such as brochures, annual reports, and magazines. | PRCA 2330 and PRCA 3330 |
| PRCA 3711 | Public Relations Practicum | Provides limited practical experience in public relations projects in either an academic or a professional setting. A maximum of four hours may be applied toward a degree. | PRCA 3330 |
| PRCA 4330 | Public Relations Research | Explores the role of public opinion in public relations. Students will gather, analyze and use qualitative and quantitative audience research as part of a public relations program. | PRCA 2330 |
| PRCA 4331 | Public Relations Firms | Reviews the evolution and management of public relations firms and principles involved in counseling clients | PRCA 3330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 4332 | Public Relations Crisis Communication | Provides understanding of how crises affect an organization's public relations efforts. Students will learn strategies for anticipating crises and developing communications responses | PRCA 3330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 4335 | Senior Seminar in Public Relations: |
Examines ethical issues and current topics in the practice of public relations. | PRCA 2330, PRCA 3330, PRCA 4330 or permission of instructor. |
| PRCA 4339 | Public Relations Campaign Strategies |
An advanced course in which students analyze cases and apply principles, processes, and theories of public relations to the execution of campaigns. | PRCA 2330, PRCA 3330 and PRCA 4330 |
| PRCA 4711 | Public Relations Practicum | Provides limited practical experience in public relations projects in either an academic or a professional setting. A maximum of four hours may be applied toward a degree. | PRCA 3330 |
| PRCA 4791 | Public Relations Internship | Provides practical experience in a professional public relations setting with public relations practitioner supervision. May be taken only by public relations majors. | A minimum grade of "C" in PRCA 3330 and a minimum 2.5 total institution GPA. May be taken only by public relations majors. |
| PRCA 4831 | Directed Study in Public Relations | Offers students opportunities to design and conduct independent research and/or projects in specialized public relations areas. May be taken only once. | PRCA 2330 or permission of instructor. |
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Theatre |
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Prefix and Number |
Title |
Description |
Pre-Requisite(s) |
| THEA 1100/1100S | Theatre Appreciation | An introductory study of dramatic literature and its relationship to the theatrical arts including set, costume, lighting design, acting, and directing. | |
| THEA 1331 | Stage Make-up | Offers students an introduction to make-up materials and techniques of application. Included with the basic techniques will be work with aging, wounds, scars, prosthetics, and other types of make-up. | |
| THEA 1711 | Theatre Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in a theatrical production. A maximum of four hours may apply toward a degree. Thirty clock hours of work will equal one hour of credit. | |
| THEA 1712 | Puppetry Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in puppetry production. A maximum of 4 hours may apply toward a degree. Thirty clock hours of work will equal one hour of credit. | |
| THEA 2332 | Stagecraft | Provides students with basic instruction in principles of scenic construction, design, drafting, and painting. Designed as preparatory course to production and performance. | |
| THEA 2333 | Fundamentals of Acting | Includes history of actor training, the influence of Stanislavsky, the playing of objectives, character development, and rehearsal discipline. | |
| THEA 2712 | Puppetry Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in puppetry production. A maximum of four hours may apply toward a degree. A minimum of thirty clock hours of activity required to receive credit. | |
| THEA 3030/3030S | Selected Topics in Theatre | Offers varied courses in specialized areas in the field of theatre. | |
| THEA 3230 | Voice for the Stage | Students learn how to use their voices in a variety of performance situations. | |
| THEA 3330 | Acting: Scene Study | Broadens student understanding of the craft of acting. Special emphasis will be placed on character study through the extensive use of scene work from twentieth century drama. | |
| THEA 3331 | Advanced Stagecraft | Examines construction principles and techniques applied to stage scenery and design. Also, focuses on maintenance of stage facility and shop equipment. | THEA 2332 |
| THEA/AAST/AMST 3332 | African American Theatre | Investigates the contributions of black playwrights, actors, and directors to American theatre. | |
| THEA/IRSH 3333 | Irish Theatre | Studies the theatre of Ireland from the Abbey Theatre through the present. Covers Irish theatre movement and plays by significant playwrights from W.B. Yeats to Brian Friel. | Permission of instructor. |
| THEA 3334 | Sound Design for the Theatre | Teaches the process of sound design for theatrical production with basic instruction in the use of equipment. Teaches techniques necessary to reproduce sound effects and music for the stage. | |
| THEA 3335 | Scene Painting | History and techniques of scene painting including back drops, three dimensional textures, and trompe l'oeil effects. Course will cover a variety of paint media including transparent dye and application of gold leaf. | |
| THEA 3336 | Theatre Management | Provides students with an introductory study of the principles and practices of theatrical management. Provides a systematic examination of the role of the theatre stage manager. | |
| THEA 3337 | Play Directing | Includes conceptualization, communication with actors and designers, and casting and rehearsal techniques necessary to stage a play for the theatre. | Permission of instructor. |
| THEA 3338 | Rehearsal and Performance | This course will enable a student to receive credit for intensive participation in a theatrical production over the course of a 4-to-7 week period. The student will participate in a number of different activities: acting, set design and construction, costume design and construction, lighting design and implementation, publicity, stage management, property design and construction, house management, and others. | |
| THEA 3711 | Theatre Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in a theatrical production. A maximum of four hours may apply toward a degree. Thirty clock hours of work will equal one hour of credit. | |
| THEA 3712 | Puppetry Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in puppetry production. A maximum of four hours may apply toward a degree. Thirty clock hours of work will equal one hour of credit. | |
| THEA 4330 | Theatre History: To the Elizabethans | Surveys the physical structure, production methods, and acting and stage design of the theatre up to the Elizabethan period. Includes the study of ritual and oriental theatre as well as Western European drama. | Permission of instructor. |
| THEA 4331/4331S | Theatre History: Elizabethan to Modern |
Surveys the physical structure, production methods, and acting and stage design of Western theatre from the Elizabethan through the modern period. | Permission of instructor. |
| THEA 4332 | Children's Theatre and Storytelling | Examines play theory, storytelling, and creative drama techniques for the staging of plays with and for children. | |
| THEA 4333/4333S | Acting Styles | Specialized study of the techniques needed to perform in a particular style of theatre or in the work of a particular playwright. Topics include Shakespeare and verse drama, Brecht and Epic theatre, improvisational comedy, and Greek and Roman tragedy. May be repeated once for credit. | |
| THEA 4334 | Drama in Performance | Examines the relationship between the play in performance and the dramatic text with special attention to historical theories of acting which influence the literary works. | |
| THEA 4335 | Scene Design | Emphasizes interpretation of plays through visual images and the creation of physical spaces for performances. Includes traditional drafting and computer assisted design technologies, scale model making, perspective drawing and painted or air brushed rendering of the set. | THEA 2332 or permission of instructor. |
| THEA 4336 | Lighting Design | Theory and practice of lighting for a variety of stages including proscenium, thrust, and arena stage production. A practical study of the equipment and the aesthetics of lighting for the theatre. | THEA 2332 or permission of instructor. |
| THEA 4337 | Costume Design | The history and applied theory of theatrical costume design. An exposure to costume materials and concepts executed and demonstrated through watercolor and charcoal rendering. | THEA 2332 or permission of instructor. |
| THEA 4338 | Seminar: World Theatre | This course is a study of one of the forms of theater engaged in by different cultures around the world. Each course will focus on one specific area of theater chosen from: People's Theatre, Russian Theatre, Asian Theatre, Classic Greek Theatre, Neo-Classic Theatre, or some other area within the Instructor's expertise. | |
| THEA 4711 | Theatre Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in a theatrical production. A maximum of three hours may apply toward a degree. Forty clock hours of work will equal one hour of credit. | |
| THEA 4712 | Puppetry Practicum | Provides students with opportunities to take an active part in puppetry production. A maximum of four hours may apply toward a degree. A minimum of thirty clock hours of activity required to receive credit. | |
| THEA 4831 | Directed Study in Theatre | Permits students to conduct in-depth study of issues associated with theatre. This course cannot be used to replace existing courses in the catalog. | Must be approved by the department chair and the instructor. |
| THEA 5530/5530G | Playwriting | The study, analysis, and practice in the art and craft of writing plays for the stage or for dramatic television and film. Undergraduates complete one act play while graduate students complete a first draft for a full length play. | |
| THEA 5531/5531G | Puppetry | Acquaints the student with puppetry as an art and an educational medium. Emphasizes effective use of puppetry in the development of individual and group resources, creativity, self expression, and emotional adjustment. Graduate students will be given an extra assignment determined by the instructor that undergraduates will not be required to do. | |
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